US 12,406,264 B1
Remote purchase and automated delivery system for controlled access facilities
Bobby L. Shipman, Jr., Jonesboro, AR (US)
Assigned to TECH FRIENDS, INC., Jonesboro, AR (US)
Filed by Tech Friends, Inc., Jonesboro, AR (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,221.
Application 18/071,221 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/776,917, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,514,745, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Application 16/776,917 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/681,322, filed on Nov. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,587,086.
Application 16/776,917 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/529,225, filed on Aug. 1, 2019, abandoned.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/405 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delivery system for dispensing at least one requested item purchased by a remote purchaser to a recipient, wherein a vending machine delivers the requested item to a recipient, the system comprising:
a computing device that communicates with the vending machine, the computing device receiving an order for the requested item from the remote purchaser;
the order identifying the recipient and the requested item, wherein the remote purchaser specifies the recipient, wherein the remote purchaser is different than the recipient;
the computing device applying at least one rule to automatically determine if the recipient is allowed the requested item, wherein the computing device applies the rule to the order of the requested item, the computing device automatically denying the order if the rule does not allow the recipient the requested item, the computing device allowing the order if the rule allows the recipient the requested item;
the computing device instructing the vending machine to deliver the requested item to the recipient if the order is allowed and the vending machine identifies the recipient; and
the computing device instructing the vending machine to automatically deny the requested item to the recipient if the rule does not allow the recipient the requested item.